Democratic Base's Anger Puts Some Party Leaders On Shaky Ground

The Democratic base is angry.

Not just at President Donald Trump , Elon Musk and the "Make America Great Again" movement. Rank-and-file Democrats are mad at their own leaders and increasingly agitating to replace them.

Arizona Democrats pushed out their party chair, and Georgia Democrats are on their way to doing the same. And Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York postponed a book tour in the face of protests amid calls from progressives that he face a primary challenge.

The losing party after a presidential election often spends time in the wilderness, but the visceral anger among Democrats toward their party leaders is reaching a level reminiscent of the tea party movement that swept out Republican incumbents 15 years ago.

"They should absolutely be worried about holding onto power, because there's a real energy right now against them," Paco Fabian, deputy director of Our Revolution, a grassroots group allied with independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders , said of Democratic incumbents. "And as soon as somebody figures out how to harness it, they're going to be in deep trouble."